TFS doesn't check out readable files Hi!
I have noticed a strange behavior of TFS. If I have a file that is not read only and not checked out, then start to edit this file in Visual Studio, the file still isn't checked out!
On read only files I'm able to start edit and then get a question if I would like to check out the file.
Anyone knows if there is a workaround on this or maybe a patch
Best regards
/Rolf Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Question about Branching/Merging I would suggest that you don't branch at all. It is all 1.0 based work so Label your 1.0 tree at the tip(or the point you released it) and do the work in that tree. Once it is tested, and is ready to ship to the customer you can merge that back to main and then down to 2.0 again.
2 good rules to follow when branching:
Branch only when necessary.
Branch late. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Urgent:- VS 2005 Error : " The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error" Hi all
i am having VS 2005 Professional Editon on Windows Xp. i am getting an eror in VS 2005 :- "The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error" . Once this error is thrown then i cannot do anything in VS2005, not even close the message box or Visaul studio. the error comes after the first build.Once i have run the solution and then build it or change some code or controls again the error is thrown up.
i did a reinstall. still the error persists.Please help me out as it is Urgent. Please find me a way to troubleshoot this.
Thanks in Advance Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

TFS Source control and VS2005 integration with SCSF Not sure of the best place to post the question so please excuse me if this isn't the best place and point me to where to post.
We were using good old VSS, and started using the Smart Client Software Factory with the Guidance package, integrated into VS2005. Everything seemed to be working fine.
We then moved the solution into TFS a few months ago. We reached a point where we needed to use SCSF and add something in, only it is no longer working.
I've uninstalled/reinstalled. No difference.
One thing I did notice is that if I use the Guidance Package Manager, click on a recipe there, and a pop-up with the source tree is shown, but everything is disabled. Even if it is checked out, it still shows as disabled there.
Could there be any connection to the source being disabled and the work space in TFS
At one point while using TFS, there was a problem and I needed to create a new work space. Did I perhaps do something incorrect there Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Bound recipe not showing up Could you post the content of the output window There you will find a detailed information about the exception. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Resgen: References root node unavailable I wanted to copy a form from solution to another.
So, copied form.designer.vb, form.vb & form.rex into new solution.
but when I opend the form in design mode I got References root node unavailable .
The I cleaned, rebuilt. Still got the error and finally, I closed all IDEs and opend. THE PROBLEM SOLVED. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

test rig error when submitting test to controller machine We are having this error when attempting to submit a test to a controller machine:
Error Returned:
The server has rejected the client credentials.
VS GUI shows this as test run error:
Failed to Queue Test Run 'DOMAIN/user1 (2006-12-14 15:29:33)' with id {58cc3b3c-a512-4ac0-8110-7c4bbc6846b6}: System.Security.Authentication.InvalidCredentialException: The server has rejected the client credentials.
Security Scenario
DOMAIN/user1 is a domain account added as a user on controller machine, and is a member of administrators/power users/and all groups created during controller installation. Also added to agent machine.
Also, a local account named user2 was created on workstation,server and agent machines with same password. This user was added to all the groups as the other account. I still get the same error when signing on and submitting with this account as well. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Message box with yes / No option and how to trap the result Hi ,
I have been developing a Java script application and would like to know the syntax for displaying a message box with a Yes / No option. And how to trap the result programatically.
Thanks Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Sandcastle Roadmap Hi guys,
I agree with Eric that if the Sandcastle team is going to release a VS-integrated version it shouldn't be any less powerful, extensibility-wise, as the current CTPs are. But I do believe that if it's architected correctly, a VS-integrated version could be more powerful and certainly easier to use than the current CTP is, which is of course why I wrote DocProject
- Dave Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2005 debugger - forms don't get updated Dear forum,
I have been developing applications in VB 6 for a number of years, and now want to start using VB with Visual Studio 2005. Doing so, I run into a problem with the Debugger, that is best illustrated through a very simple example :
I create an application with 1 form and with 1 button. Upon clicking the button in the form, it changes its text in a straightforward way:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Static i As Integer
Button1.Text = "Pressed " + CStr(i) + " times"
i = i + 1
Button1.Refresh()
End Sub
End Class
I then set a breakpoint at the line "i = i + 1" and start the debugger. It creates Form1 and in it the button with text "Button1". When I click the button, the execution stops at the breakpoint, as expected. However, the button text still says "Button1". Even if I step past the Button1.Refresh() command, the button still shows the "Button1" text. Only upon exiting the Sub, my Button text gets correctly updated.
Such a behaviour was not found in VB 6, where the debugger resulted in immediate updates of the forms I built.
Any suggestion on how I can get back to the VB 6 debugger behaviour
I apologize if this question has been asked already before.
Best regards,
Tonny Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

How to set any object's text vertical-Center? I am sorry for my bad expression. Ok, let me give a very clear example:
Don't look the crystal report, just drag a standard label control into a form in vs.net 2005. please look the property box, you will find a property named TextAlign, which's function is to justify the text position. You can justify in two directions, that is, on horizon level, you could set Right, Center, Left position, and on vertical direction, you could set Top, Middle, Bottom position. This compose to 9 positions of the text.
Please just have a look of the TextAlign of standard LABEL control, it's very clear.
Now back to the crystal report. Drag any object into the report, and chose the object. In the property box, you will also find a property named HorAlignment, which will let you change the text position on horizon level.
My question is, how to change the text's position on vertical direction just like a standard label control's behavior.
Thank you very much! Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Integrate VSTS with SAP Hi,
We maintain all our projects(.NET, J2EE, etc.,) in SAP and it contains complete repository of Projects details from end to end. We are trying to make all our .NET development environments and its projects to VSTS. I am more interested in getting help from MS regarding intergrating VSTS with SAP. By default I know VSTS maintains its database in SQL Server 2005. Can some one help me in this area - Thanks Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Install Professional over VS Team Suite trial? Can we install a purchased Visual Studio 2005 Professional over the Trial version of the Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite edition We tried and it failed. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Just want a logo on top of the report Hi ,
I am new to Crystal Reports, I am using Crystal Reports -11 for Visual Studio 2005.
I just want to put my company logo on top of every report.
I tried with "Insert Picture" option but it is not working, surprisingly when I export the same report to PDF the image is getting displayed in the PDF version of the report.
Can anybody help me out in this issue.
Regards, Pravin Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Status change in hierarchical workitems I created a small hierarchy of workitems starting from a Scenario which was to be "Fulfilled By" certain tasks. I would expect that
1. Either, if the tasks are active then scenario should not have been able to be set to "Resolved" or "Closed". - I could do both wihout changing the status of fulfilling tasks.
2. Or, When I set the status of Scenario to "Resolved" or "Closed" then status of fulfilling tasks should also get set to the same ie "Resolved" or "Closed". - This does not happen, tasks remain in active state.
It somehow does not seem logical. Is there some reason behind such behaviour or is this behaviour expected to change by the time of RTM Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Project won't show up when "Always show Solution" option isn't checked Ok.. so I figured it out.. I looked where Ed had suggested and it turns out that the system is looking for your project's imageindex in this scenario and doesn't ask for the __VSHPROPID .VSHPROPID_IconHandle
It appears as though if you do not properly override on your projectNode the ImageIndex property to specify a image in the Project's ImageList then the project will not appear if the user does not check the "Always show solution" option in the Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions
So you need to make sure that your project that derrives from ProjectNode overrides its ImageIndex property, as well ensure that your Projects's ImageList is properly set in the constructor of your project and add your project image to the embedded resource used as the projects imageList.
So in summary.. if the "Always show solution" is checked then it will first ask your project node for the __VSHPROPID .VSHPROPID_IconIndex... if IconIndex returns NoImage then it will ask for __VSHPROPID .VSHPROPID_IconHandle which in turn will call the virtual GetIconHandle( false )... so overriding the GetIconHandle to return your project image works fine.
if the "Always show solultion" is not checked, it will ask for __VSHPROPID .VSHPROPID_IconIndex, if it returns NoImage, then your project will not appear in the solution explorer.
So to be safe, implement overriding the ImageIndex for your project node and don't use the overriden GetIconHandle() like you would for other nodes. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Help Files Will not load! I am having a rather big problem. I don't know when it originated but I just noticed it lately when I pulled Visual Studio 2005 out. Apparently, The problem has something to do with HTML Help files. Here's a couple of the problems I've had: 1. CHM files will load but in the right pane where it should display the content...it's completely blank. The left column works and displays the index etc...It's just the content that will not show. 2. Windows Help will not work..I click it and nothing happens 3. In C++ Visual Studio 2005 Express, I can not create a new project. The window that normally pops up for the project wizard (after you name the project), is completely white/blank like the CHM's. It just sits there until I click the [X] on it and then it displays the following error: http://www.galaxypcs.com/uploads/visual_studio_error.JPG Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

tests via test rig test agents have lower request rate than testing locally? Perhaps if the load test is attempting to generate a constant user load and when one or more of the agent machines is no longer able to run tests, then the entire test aborts because the user load changed and the constant user load requirement of the test was negated.
However, that is different from the issue that I'm discussing.
In one scenario, the test rig consists of Windows Server 2003 x86 installations (3.2ghz 4gb) with multiple agent machines, specifically 6 agent machines. There are no issues what-so-ever running load tests of any kind, and the test rig with multiple agent machines is able to generate a request rate greater than running the load test locally on one machine (expected).
In a different scenario, the envrionment consists of Windows Server 2003 x64 installations (3.2ghz 16gb) with multiple agent machines, specifically 7 agent machines (not that the specific number of machines matters). The issues are that all of the agent machines have 100% CPU usage while running tests, even with a low constant user load, the load test is not aborted, and the test rig with multiple agent machines is not able to generate a request rate greater than running the load test locally on one machine.
My current guess is that IIS might be required on the agent controller machine. Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

How to construct the loop hierachy structure for the program? If you simplify the problem so that there is no control flow except for loops, then it should be pretty straightforward. A loop body must then be a "linear" sequence of non-loop code interspersed with loops. Since there is no control flow this non-loop code should just be single basic blocks.
So for your example the ExclusiveLoopBlocks of loop 1 will have just two blocks:
$L1:
a = b +c;
c = b - d;
j = 0;
t = j < 10;
CBRANCH t, $Lxx, $L2
and:
$L2:
b = b+1;
c = c -1;
i = i + 1;
t' = i < 10;
CBRANCH t, $L1, $Lzz
Whether you want to include the compare/branch as part of the trivial for loops is up to you.
To walk the ExclusiveLoopBlocks you can make a copy of the bit vector and then use the GetFirstBit/GetNextBit pattern:
Code Block
Phx::BitVector::Sparse ^ workList = this->ExclusiveLoopBlocks->Copy();
for (unsigned int blockId = workList->GetFirstBit(&iterator); blockId != Phx::BitVector::Constants::NoMoreBits; blockId = workList->GetNextBit(&iterator))
{
// blockId will enumerate all the blocks in ExclusiveLoopBlocks
} Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Exporting to Excel Using Old Code I am trying to create a page to export a report to a pdf. I am using the same code I used in Visual Studio 2003, but it can't find the report class. Is it because the rpt file is not in the same namespace as the export code Here is my code. Is there an easier way to do this in 2005
Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared
Imports System.IO
Namespace DocumentComments
Partial Class pdfActivityReport
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Dim oRpt As New rptActivityReport()
# Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code "
'This call is required by the Web Form Designer.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private Sub Page_Init( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Init
'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
InitializeComponent()
Dim ActivityReport As New dsActivityReport
Dim ta As New dsActivityReportTableAdapters.Get_ActivityReportTableAdapter
ta.Fill(ActivityReport.Get_ActivityReport, "1/1/2007" , "1/11/2007 11:59 PM" )
oRpt.datasource = ActivityReport
End Sub
# End Region
Private Sub Page_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load
'Put user code to initialize the page here
ExportReport()
End Sub
Sub ExportReport()
' ********************************
'Check to see if the application directory has a subdirectory called "Exported".
'If not, create the directory since exported files will be placed here.
'This uses the Directory class of the System.IO namespace.
' First we must create a new instance of the diskfiledestinationoptions class and
' set variable called crExportOptions to the exportoptions class of the reportdocument.
Dim crDiskFileDestinationOptions As DiskFileDestinationOptions = New DiskFileDestinationOptions()
Dim crExportOptions As ExportOptions = oRpt.ExportOptions
'Export to PDF
'append a filename to the export path and set this file as the filename property for
'the DestinationOptions class
crDiskFileDestinationOptions.DiskFileName = TEMP_DIRECTORY & "ActivityReport.pdf"
'set the required report ExportOptions properties
With crExportOptions
.DestinationOptions = crDiskFileDestinationOptions
.ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile
.ExportFormatType = ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat
End With
'Once the export options have been set for the report, the report can be exported. The Export command
'does not take any arguments
Try
' Export the report
oRpt.Export()
Catch err As Exception
Response.Write( "<BR>" )
Response.Write(err.Message.ToString)
Finally
Dim file As System.IO.FileInfo = New System.IO.FileInfo(TEMP_DIRECTORY & "ActivityReport.pdf" ) '-- if the file exists on the server
RedirectFile(file)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Visual Studio Team Suite, 180-day trial version - Visual Studio Tools for Office I am having trouble with a part of the Visual Studio Team Suite free trial. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Team Suite and now am trying to use the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) with Access to try creating a RunTime Access DB. I see the VSTO package was dowloaded (I see the files in Windows Explorer), but the packaging wizard is not appearing anywhere.
Any advice
Thanks in advance!!! Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

Strong name validation failed for Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client assembly. Hi,
I have TFS SDK 2007.02 installed. I have given reference to 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client assembly. When I run application , I get following error:
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. Strong name validation failed. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8013141A)
Any ideas to solve this.
Regards Tag: Visual Studio Extensibility PLK verification failed for package Visual Studio

narsimhan

Hi,

We are trying to create the installable version for CVS source control plug-in

Package 'Wachovia.Cib.Applications.Plugins.CVSSccProvider.SccProvider, Wachovia.Cib.Applications.Plugins.CVSSccProvider, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f918416c5fbab3cb' has failed to load properly ( GUID = {F43E10AC-FBBD-4CFD-97E3-6FFC567073BF} ). Please contact package vendor for assistance. Application restart is recommended, due to possible environment corruption. Would you like to disable loading this package in the future You may use 'devenv /resetskippkgs' to re-enable package loading.---------------------------Yes No ---------------------------

I am not sure if I have missed out on any step or I have used wrong info while generating PLK.

I have request for another PLK, but haven't got it yet. How long does it take for a PLK generation .